MBP won't shut down

[Drive4show]

Strange one.... I can't shut down my MacBook Pro .... it tells me the "Finder timed out" and then nothing. Can't restart , nothing to force quit. Computer still works ... just open up the finder again. But I'd really like to install updates , and it won't let me because it won't restart.

Any ideas ?

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[friedymeister69]

If nothing else works, you can just hold down the power button for a few seconds; that will definitely shut the machine down.

 

[Drive4show]

Wouldn't even do that for the first few times I tried it. Finally worked on the 4th try , and everything's working fine now. Just an odd one , I guess.

Thanks for the info.

G

 

[brandon.vong]

Along the same lines... but is it just my MBP or does it take awhile for the hard drive to stop after its been put to sleep? I just noticed that whenever I close the lid, it goes to sleep but the hard drive is still running... for maybe like 10 secs afterwards before it stops. Is this normal?

 

[lamina]

Along the same lines... but is it just my MBP or does it take awhile for the hard drive to stop after its been put to sleep? I just noticed that whenever I close the lid, it goes to sleep but the hard drive is still running... for maybe like 10 secs afterwards before it stops. Is this normal?

That is completely normal. The RAM contents are being copied to the hard drive's sleep image.

 

[brandon.vong]

That is completely normal. The RAM contents are being copied to the hard drive's sleep image.

Did this happen back with the G4s as well? My G4 never took that long for the hard drive to stop.